Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative · Minneapolis, MN · 85 games · first seen Sep 14, 2024 · last seen Sep 13, 2025
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Buck Rogers pinball machine has 85 recorded tournament games in Minneapolis, MN. A game runs about 12m, the median of 85 timed games, so budget for that in a round with a clock on it. The better-ranked player loses here 30.5% of the time, which puts it at 19/100 for difficulty. That is a low-variance machine: scores hold up and the stronger player usually wins, so it rewards the favorite.
Hit the captive ball until the yellow targets are lit. Hit yellow targets for points, bonus, and bonus X.
Don't forget that there is a center post
Hitting the saucer when not lit for Collect Bonus will add bonus based on the current position of the captive ball. For example if the ball is at position 3, you will get +3 bonus. If this maxes your bonus, you will instantly collect it.
The collect bonus hole lights when bonus is maxed.
Bonus X is increased by completing all yellow drops. Hitting the captive ball to the top and "Returning to Base" makes it so either only the left bank needs to be completed or completing either bank increases Bonus X.
"Add Bonus" adds 1k to bonus. "Advance Bonus" adds value determined by the vari-target position (green numbers).
Red drops are largely unimportant for scoring. Each gives 500, completing gives 10k. Completing BUCK resets them and lights special.
